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Newspaper
Bath Independent
Location
Bath, Maine, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1916
Page
12
C L Farnham Co Inc lists Ruberoid Roofing and Beaver Road services at 21 23 Elm Street Bath advertising roofing solutions and materials for local customers.
A five man crew led by Foreman Shorty Jordan is installing a 30 wire aerial cable for the Bath District of the New England Tel and Tel Co. The work replaces overhead wires with a cable along Atlantic Street and nearby avenues. Estimated cost is 1681 dollars.
Austin Miss Mabel Beautain Miss Flossie Brown Mrs Frank Currier Mrs Jennie Fontaine Miss Vitaline Richardson Miss C A Smith Mrs Florence Stewart Miss Maggie Thomas Mrs T J White Miss Katherine Allen Z M Campbell Charles R Colby Ralph H Dodge Wilder Herman R J Munro Paul Wallace Augustus White Elmer C The notice shows names of addressees awaiting pickup in the city letter office.
Ralph H. Rand will leave next Sunday to report for duty Monday morning at the Pryor Davis Hardware Co. in Portsmouth New Hampshire. He currently clerks at Rogers hardware store and previously worked for Johnson Bros. His family will join him later.
Harry Dunton, a business visitor, traveled to Portland on Saturday for meetings and engagements with local firms. He conducted preliminary talks and aimed to explore partnerships and potential investments during the visit.
Woolwich Grange No. 68 held its regular meeting on Oct. 28 with an excellent program. On Nov. 4 Brother's Night will be held with the Brothers in charge and a fine treat expected. New officers elected include M Bro. Fred Soule O Bro. Frank Hodgdon L Bro. Jay Bailey A L Bro. Herman Wright Jr US.A.S. Bro. Ernest Getchell L Bro. Percy Bailey Chap Bro. Frank Bailey Sec Bro. Harold Bailey T Bro. Richard Hunnewell C Bro. Herman Wright P Bro. Llewellyn Bailey F Bro. Asa Hathorne G.K. Bro. Ralph Rice.
Local items note Bowker schooner deck work underway at Phippsburg Center with November 20 events, plus the Bath ship Edward Se wall loading coal for Philadelphia to Galveston and now in New York after a Buenos Aires voyage. Also obituaries and local duck hunting reports from Bay and Hall's Bay with rifle fire incident near King Al Ridley.
At the State Teachers Convention in Portland Miss Annie Torrey of Cony High School Augusta urged more emphasis on hearing and speaking in French education. She proposed a college entrance oral test based on practical everyday language and praised the Yersin method for pronunciation.
Local notes report the November 1 opening of scallop fishing on Monroe's Island shoals and a shipment of feldspar unloaded at the M C R R wharf on Tuesday. Portland resident F L Francis, formerly Maine Central operator here, visited town Friday. The Misses Carter hosted the Ladies Aid of Winter Street Church Friday afternoon. David F Murdock of Portland suffered a paralytic stroke Friday afternoon and remains semi conscious with right side paralysis. Harry Arthur Starbird and Sewall Strout were Boston weekend visitors. Starbird returned Monday while Strout stayed to return home later in the week via New Hampshire after visiting his daughter Mrs J G Tibbetts.
The Texaco Social Club unveiled its new Music Hall rooms with a festive opening Tuesday, drawing about 500 members and guests. The event featured a stage program, refreshments, dancing, and a ghostly Halloween touch as local workers and families celebrated a social hub for Texas Steamship Co. employees in Bath.
Gustavus Pease of the local post office crew is enjoying his vacation in Wilton. Miss Cora Martin was home for the weekend from Hallowell.
Somerville resident Francis W. OBrien thanks Bath friends for their greetings after a rush incident in a moving and severing of relations with his church. He says Bath remains his home port and will seek to adorn the city’s name, with his wife joining in the sentiment, dated Oct. 30.
Albert Franklin McFadden and Mercie Ellen Greenleaf were married Monday evening at the Milan Street home of the Misses Mildred and Marion Robbins with Rev. C Wilson Harrison officiating. Best man was Charles Foster and bridesmaid Mildred Robbins. The ceremony featured Nile green attire and an arch of evergreens. The couple will reside in Bath.
Miss Lillian Clapp of Winchester Mass marries Robert Harold Holt formerly of Gardiner. Ceremony held in Winchester on Saturday. Holt, son of Mr. and Mrs. J Frank Holt, attended Gardiner High School Bowdoin College and Harvard Law School class of 1914. He now practices at a Boston law firm in 60 State Street. Mrs. Holt known in Gardiner where she has visited the fiance family. they will reside in Winchester.
Mrs. Helen J. Coombs aged 60 years and 7 months died Wednesday after a long illness at her Front Street home. Born in Damariscotta she married George A. Coombs on November 22, 1878 and lived in this city. Survived by husband Anthony B. Coombs of Middleboro and foster daughter Mrs. Conrad Hanson of Gloucester. Funeral was Friday at 2:30 p.m. from 360 Front Street.
A likely delay of a week or ten days is noted as bids for the destroyers awaits official acceptance and contract awards.
The Maine Highway Commission urges town selectmen to record exact road mileage using automobile speedometers. Towns should pay the costs, then submit detailed road descriptions with local names to ensure accurate mileage for State patrol funding and Federal aid calculations.
The Colonial management served lunch of lobster salad, rolls and coffee to 135 attendees at the Colonial Club smoker Tuesday evening.
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